Freddy Thoughts

I got DirecTV when I moved into my apartment. I greatly liked having it because it gave me channels I never had before, plus it's just cool to have a menu of everything that is on or is going to be on. If I ever wanted to know when a show would be on, for example, I could easily go to the menu and scroll forward to future shows and find what I wanted.

However, my apartments got onto us for having satellites attached to our balconies, so I recently took it down. The only way I could get a signal was if it was attached to my balcony, so there was no where else to put it. I was upset when I first thought of not having my DirecTV, but it hasn't bothered me at all.

There aren't really any shows that I really watch. The only things I miss are seeing poker and the NASCAR races, but I've been fine without both of those. Other than that, there's nothing that I really watch or care about. In fact, when I visit my parents, Moyna is always showing me these shows she watches that I never knew about; that's the only way I keep up with what new shows come on television since I don't pay any attention to that stuff.

At nights, when I previously would come home from work and have the television on, while doing others things usually, I now play tunes in my ghetto blaster, read, and fool around on the Internet. I've been reading this really good book recently, which I have just a few more pages before I'm finished. Moyna has gotten me hooked on playing spades and hearts, which I usually play a few games of. Besides that, it is nice to have the peace of the television off. I feel more invigorated because I'm not somewhat fixated on that mind-numbing tube.

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Yesterday when I came home from work I ran out of gas. I was on Highway 92 and was stopped at a red light; I was the first car in line at the light. I didn't know my gas was that low, but I sure did when the car wouldn't go anywhere! Thankfully, as I started walking down the road, a police officer was a few cars down, and he helped get my car off the road. I walked to the nearest gas station to buy a gas can and fill it, then walked back and put the gas in my car. This took 45 minutes. Even with the gas in there, the car still didn't start. So, I walked back and did it all again, taking another 45 minutes, and this time the car started. What a relief!